Matthijs Holm, on June 16, 1775 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1775
• Friday, 16 June
  Matthijs Holm (uit Christina) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Landskroon bound for Batavia
• 1776
• Monday, 17 June
  367 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Landskroon on the Cape
• Wednesday, 10 July
  23 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Landskroon of the Cape
• Wednesday, 18 September
  70 days after departure from the Cape, 460 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Landskroon in Batavia
• Return
• 1778
• Sunday, 8 February
  508 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Venus with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1780
• Wednesday, 12 January
  703 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Venus on the Cape
• Sunday, 12 March
  60 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Venus from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 30 June
  110 days after departure from the Cape, 873 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Venus in the Netherlands
  1841 days after employment
  Resignation Matthijs Holm (Venus), reason: deceased

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The VENUS ran ashore at Rio Delagoa; not earlier than 27-11-1779 it was able to continue the return voyage via the Cape to Texel. After the return in patria the VENUS was sold to Prussia, and its name was altered into OOSTEREEM, and subsequently the ship

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6620, folio 50

VOC - voyagers, this index was developed through a joint initiative of the archives of Delft and Rotterdam, Zeeuws archief, Westfries Archief (Hoorn and Enkhuizen) and the departments of history from the Universities of Leiden and Ghent.

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